Type-writing machine.



H. H. STEELE.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED mm: 26, 1909.

1,013,96. Patented Jan. 9,1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 26, 1909. SerialNo. 504,459.

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Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

Ta cllwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT H. STEELE, States, and resident of Marcellus, in the county of Onondaga and State of New Y rk, have invented certain new and usefu Improvements in Type- Writing Machines, of which the following is a, specification.

y invention relates to typewriting machines and more partic arly to paper feed mechanism.

In certain classes of work it is necessary or desirable to provide marginal references,

such as abbreviations, titles of volumes or left-hand paper. finger to and after the required marginal referencesto the original reports, and very frequently it is necessary 'in 'legal work to print numerals within the margin to designate every fifth line of writing It is also customary in certain classes of billing workto record with the machine the salesmans number or initials upon a binding stub of a journal sheet covered by the invoice sheet. Where such marginal references were required it was heretofore necessary in certain constructions of machines for the operator to shift the the extreme left were printed to shift the paper finger back v position to properly control the sheet during the subsequent printing op 'erations. This was avexatious method,

, causing much delay. Where pivoteu paper fingers were employed it was scmetimes customary to uncover the marginal feed by raising the paper finger and maintainin it raised while writing the required margmal .ref erences, but this leftthe left-hand edge ofithe paper without any guiding and controlling means during the printing of. the

marginal referencesand if the operator forgot to return the finger to normal position there' was liability of the paper feeding im- 5 perfectly.

heretofore encountered and to provide sim- The main object ofmy invention is to overcomethe above and other ditiiculties ple and eflicient means to permit the writ? ing of marginal references withm the field ordinarily occupied by the'left-h and mar- 'hngcr or guide having an like opening adjacent to the printing lme to that is not enable the types to pass through the 0pening and print upon that portion of the paper beneath the paper finger.

To theabove and other ends which will hereinafter appear, my invention. further consists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts and combinations of devices to be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is a vertical, sectional View of only so much of a carriage of a Monarch machine as is necessary to illustrate my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary front elevation ofthe same.

I have shown my invention embodied, in the present instance, in a Monarch machine, although it should be understood that the invention may be embodied inothcr styles of typewriting machines.

The rear cross or traverse bar 1 of the carriage is guided in the usual manner to move over the top plate of the machine, End bars 2 extend forwardly from the rear traverse bar and are provided with hearing openings for a platen shaft 3 which sup ports a cylindrical platen 4. A cross rod 5 is secured at its ends to the end bars of the carriage and supports a carrier (3 which is splined to the rod 5 in the usual manner for adjustment along the same in order to afford an adjustmentof the carrier longitudinally of the platen. A spring-pressed member 7 of the usual construction is pivoted at 8 to the carrier 6 andis provided with an inwardly extending off-set marginal paper finger 9 refcrably made of sheet metal and extendingdownwardly and across the-printing line and overlapping n platen scale 10. The marginal papcrfing cr 9 diroots the left hand marginal portion of paper 11 from the platen scale to and beyond the printing line indicated at wand over the supporting bar 5 as indicated in Fig. 2.

A marginal feed roller 12 is offset inwardly from a member '13 pivoted at 14 to the carrier 6. A spring-pressed device 15 cooperates with the carrier 6 to maintain the feed roller in either of the two positions to which itmay be moved, a. e., either under spring pressure in contact with the platen or away from the platen as may be desired. The paperv finger inclined faces '16 and 17 on is slotted at 18 to receive the marginal feed roller therethrough. An aperture 19 is provided in the paper finger substantially throughout the entire width thereof and adjacent to the printing line, in order thatthe left-hand margin of the paper beneath the paper finger may be exposed to view and in order that the types 20 may pass through said aperture when it is opposite the printing point, and writing may be produced within the margin as indicated at 21. The dimensions of the aperture 19 are preferably such as to provide for the writing of about four characters through the opening and is likewise such that either the upper or lower case types 20 may be employed when the types are shifted as in the Monarch machine. The paper finger is directed downward from its support and a plane passed through the length of the paper finger would be at right angles to the axis of the platen. The paper finger is as usual curved to conform to the curvature of the platen.

When it is desired to write within the left-hand margin, or within that field of the paper usually covered by the left-hand A paper finger, it is merely necessary to bring the carriage in proper position and proceed with the writing of the desired characters through the opening 19 in the paper finger without disturbing the. adjustment of the paper finger. I do not wish to be limited to the construction and arrangement of the parts shown since the invention may be embodied in various forms of typewriting machines and in connection with various styles of paper fingers, and various modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

.gin of the and desire to secure ger being apertured at and adjacent to the I printing line, the aperture being of a sufiicient size to enable the types to print therethrough.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combi-- nation of a carriage; a platen carried therev I by; a rod supported by said carriage; and

a paper finger carried by and adjustable longitudinally of the platen along said rod,

said paper finger being apertured at the printing line, the aperture being of a suflicient size to expose the paper beneath the p.

paper finger and to permit writing through the aperture and at said line.

3. 'In a typewriting machine, the combination of a cylindrical platen; a platen scale; and an adjustable paper finger cooperative with a margin of the paper and guiding the paper from the platen scale to and beyond-the printing line andapertured at that portion thereof which is at and ad jacent to the printing line, the size of. the

aperture being sufiicient to expose the marpaper beneath the paper finger and to expose printed matter at the printing line and within the field of the paper finger.

Signed at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York this 24th day of June A. D. 1909.

HERBERT H. STEELE.

Witnesses RAYMOND L. WILLIAMS, BERTHA HOUSE. 

